| CRYOPRESERVE | • cryopreserve v. To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
| EUROCURRENCY | • eurocurrency n. (Finance) Alternative form of Eurocurrency. • Eurocurrency n. (Finance) Deposits denominated in a currency other than the currency of the depositee. • EUROCURRENCY n. a currency traded on the foreign currency markets of the European Union. |
| GREENGROCERY | • greengrocery n. (Uncountable) The trade of a greengrocer. • greengrocery n. (Countable) A greengrocer’s shop. • GREENGROCERY n. fresh fruit and vegetables, as sold by a greengrocer. |
| HYPERCORRECT | • hypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage. • hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage. • hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect. |
| HYPERREACTOR | • hyperreactor n. One who hyperreacts. • HYPERREACTOR n. one who reacts in the extreme. |
| MICROBREWERY | • microbrewery n. A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the… • micro-brewery n. Alternative form of microbrewery. • MICROBREWERY n. a small brewery making specialty beer in limited quantities. |
| NEUROSURGERY | • neurosurgery n. (Neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral… • neurosurgery n. (Neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the brain; brain surgery. • NEUROSURGERY n. surgery of nervous structures (as nerves, the brain, or the spinal cord). |
| OVERLITERARY | • overliterary adj. Excessively literary. • OVERLITERARY adj. excessively literary. |
| PRESERVATORY | • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A preservative. • preservatory n. (Obsolete) A room or apparatus in which perishable things can be preserved without decay. • preservatory adj. Preservative. |
| RECUPERATORY | • recuperatory adj. Of or relating to recuperation; tending to recovery. • RECUPERATORY adj. assisting in recuperation. |
| REGENERATORY | • regeneratory adj. Having power to renew; regenerative. • REGENERATORY adj. serving to regenerate. |
| REMUNERATORY | • remuneratory adj. Remunerative; serving to remunerate. • REMUNERATORY adj. relating to remuneration. |
| REPREHENSORY | • reprehensory adj. Containing reproof; reprehensive. • REPREHENSORY adj. finding fault with. |
| RESPIROMETRY | • respirometry n. A form of calorimetry that is used to measure the metabolic rate. • RESPIROMETRY n. measurement by respirometer. |
| RETROGRADELY | • retrogradely adv. (Sciences) With a backward motion. • RETROGRADE adv. going backwards. |
| REVERSIONARY | • reversionary n. A reversioner. • reversionary adj. Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate. • REVERSIONARY n. a person who has had a (legal) reversion. |
| TETRAPYRROLE | • tetrapyrrole n. (Biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by… • TETRAPYRROLE n. a chemical group consisting of four pyrrole rings joined either in a straight chain or in a ring, as in chlorophyll. |
| WHORTLEBERRY | • whortleberry n. Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium… • whortleberry n. A berry of one of these shrubs. • WHORTLEBERRY n. a widely spread heath plant; its dark blue edible berry, also HURTLEBERRY, WHORT, WHORTLE. |